. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/1 
1 February 2005 
 (05-0397) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ECUADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   National Directorate of Foreign Trade Policy, Sub-secretariat of 
Foreign Trade and Integration, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fishing and Competitiveness/Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior, Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración, Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca 
y Competitividad 
Address: Av.  Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito - Ecuador  Telephone:  + (593) 2 2566041/ Ext. 161 
Fax:   + (593) 2 2541984 
E-mail:    abarbosa@micip.gov.ec Web site:  www.micip.gov.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización (INEN ) (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro Quito – Ecuador  
Telephone:  + (593) 2 2528556 / 2501885 to 2501887 
Fax:   + (593) 2 2567815 E-mail:   inenfu@andinanet.net Web site:  www.inen.gov.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Gas burning cooking 
appliances for domestic use. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Agreement of 
the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrializa tion, Fishing and Competitiveness, regarding the 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation on gas burni ng cooking appliances for domestic use. 
(9 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/1 
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 6. Description of content:    
 - The Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regul ation notified herein establishes the 
minimum technical requirements to be met by gas burning cooking appliances for domestic use, with the aim of preventing risks to health, 
safety and the environment and practices which might mislead users. 
 - The Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regul ation notified herein regarding gas 
burning cooking appliances for dom estic use, specifies the customs 
classification, definitions, general conditions, packing, packaging and 
marking or labelling requirements and the conformity tests. 
 - The Draft Regulation establishes the di fferent appliances which will have to 
demonstrate clearly that they comp ly with the following Ecuadorian 
Technical Standards, NTE INEN 2 259:2000 and NTE INEN 1 173:1984. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Consumer health and safety. 
8. Relevant documents:    
 1. Publication where the notice appears:  not indicated. 
 2. Proposal and basic document:  RTE INEN 005:2005  3. Publication in which the proposal will appear following adoption:  Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal) 
 4. Relevant international/nationa l standards:  NTE INEN 2 259:2000. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days after being circulated by WTO Secretariat 
 
6 months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after being circulated by WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro Quito – Ecuador  
Telephone:  + (593) 2 2528556 / 2501885 al 2501887 
Fax:   + (593) 2 2567815 E-mail:   inenfu@andinanet.net Web site:  www.inen.gov.ec